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Coastal communities should assume floods are going to happen more frequently and realize that spending now on protective measures could save money later, according to a report issued by a presidential task force charged with developing a strategy for rebuilding areas damaged by superstorm Sandy.

Most of the report’s 69 recommendations focus on a simple warning: plan for future storms in an age of climate change and rising sea levels. It calls for development of a more advanced electrical grid and the creation of better planning tools and standards for storm-damaged areas.

“If we built smart, if we build resilience into communities, then we can live along the coast. We can do it in a way that saves lives and protects taxpayer investments,” said Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan, who discussed the report Monday with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Some of the group’s key recommendations are already being implemented, including the creation of new flood-protection standards for major infrastructure projects built with federal money and the promotion of a sea-level modeling tool that will help builders and engineers predict where flooding might occur.

— Associated Press

And 30 years ago they told us we had 20 years left before we were going to be hit by another ice age...

We know there is climate change. We know that the planet has had dramatic climate change in the past. We could/should anticipate that the planet will continue to experience climate change in the future.

We can/should do things that protect our planet. It was not a big sacrifice to eliminate the use of fluorocarbons. Other reasonable substitutes were available.

Is CO2 a cause or an effect of any global warming? If there is global warming (whether by nature or by man), is it an all bad thing? A lot of people love living in the SE US

If warming is beyond our control, we have means to adapt and shift our population to areas that are more conducive to human living conditions. If it is true that the climate of Greenland is much different today than it was centuries ago, a lot of people left Greenland for more moderate climates. We are more able to make such adaptive changes today than back then.

We should be good custodians of our planet, but that also includes the people on it. If poor people cannot afford electricity, universal health care may become a moot point. If farmers can't afford fuel for their tractors to grow the food needed, free cell phones become a moot point.

Everything is really about balancing good, bad and awful.

G.Clinchy@gmail.com"Know in your heart that all things are possible. We couldn't conceive of a miracle if none ever happened." -Libby Fudim

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And 30 years ago they told us we had 20 years left before we were going to be hit by another ice age...

Bill, Could you please find me reports by multiple National Academies of Sciences that presented this ice age theory?. How about some large consensus reports by hundreds of climate scientists? I am sure you can find a book or magazine article or two but how about some scientific papers.? There are lots of theories that have come and gone over the years about many things. The evidence for climate change is getting stronger, not weaker.

Gerry....you nailed them again! I noticed after you posted these facts and data, none of the 'Tree Hugger' egg-heads came back with any comments!

LMFAO. Unlike you, some of us have better things to do with our time. Why have you not responded to my direct reply to your post several pages ago? Do you want me to repost to remind you? You have yet to post one single fact to support your point of view.

Bill, Could you please find me reports by multiple National Academies of Sciences that presented this ice age theory?. How about some large consensus reports by hundreds of climate scientists? I am sure you can find a book or magazine article or two but how about some scientific papers.? There are lots of theories that have come and gone over the years about many things. The evidence for climate change is getting stronger, not weaker.

Knock yourself out... Do all the research you want. The climate is always CHANGING. That's how we get AVERAGES. I believe Mother Nature controls that, not man. So I don't spend a lot of time worrying myself over a little change one way or the other.

I do however laugh at libs who think they have the answers on how to control the climate. That's comical.